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I saw a program on the Discovery Channel a while back called "A Haunting". The episode I was watching was about a woman's home being haunted and her son being thrown down the stairs by an unseen entity. After scientists and mediums alike visited the house, it was concluded that the woman's stress and suppressed anger/depression was feeding towards a negative energy that took the form of a poltergeist.

I always believed that poltergeists were ghosts that like to stir up trouble, kinda like the rebellious teenagers of the afterlife. Do you think it's possible that a human's negative energy could create a poltergeist?

I don't know that they could create a poltergeist..but that negative energy would definately feed one. Make them more powerful.

No, negative energy cannot "create" a poltergeist. Poltergeist's may however be able to feed off of energy, but I am not sure how accurate that is either.

It is most certainly not possible to create a poltergeist with negative energy althought they will feed on negative energy.

Negative energy comes in many forms....stress, anger, worry, upset etc etc etc.

i doubt it. it could only feed it, therefore making the entity stronger.

like all have said above feed yes create no...

the haunting you say hmm will have to go see if I can find it to see what there talking about.

Do you know about when it was on?

There have been many such tales.

Usually centred around teenagers or people who are going through periods of great stress.

It's said ' like attracts like '.....anger and frustration mixed with bursts of high energy.

Not something I have experienced myself but it sounds quite possible.

I know negative energy can create alot of things and can create entities, like anger, can create one that will hurt, fear and a feeling of vengance too, but this is like strong to the limit point of survival,kind a lik ein the american hunting, I knwo its a movie but its based on true event, as for a poltergeist, dont think so.

I don't think Poltergeists were ever Human..

I have had a poltergeist experience and I'll never forget it.. I was not alone and the event was recorded with a boom mic and a night vision cam.

It is a collection of negative energy.. where it gets it's THOUGHTS and intentions from, I don't know.
but they don't take a human form even in any recognition. And i have NEVER heard of a nice poltergeist.

i personally dont think it could creat one but i believe that it most certianly can draw a negative energy to ones self

no i dont believe that one is created from negative energies, but do feed off of them and stick around where they are being fed.

I don't think that negative energy can create a poltergeist but rather it can feed it and sustain it. However, sometimes, people, especially teenagers, are telekinetic without realizing it. So when they get upset, then things happen, which are attributed to a poltergeist. Maybe that is what the show was referring to. that the mom was using telekinetic energy without realizing it.

Sylvia Brown.

Some of you may be going, oh god, not that woman, some of you, who, and some, YEAHHH!

But anyway.

Sylvia Brown.. Her veiw on a poltergeist?

That they are just people. When we sleep, sometimes our souls like to wander around, check up on those we know.. This is often mistaken for a poltergeist. The best way to deal with this, is to tell them to return to their bodys.

Or so says Sylvia Brown.

Myself, I'm open to all possibilitys.

The only problem with her theroy.. Is why are they violent?

Perhapse they act this way, because we are this way.. humans often act as sponges, reflecting the emotions of those they care about.. because I have heard of them both being violent and cruel, and not doing anything at all.

Or maybe she's dead wrong.

OR! Another thought occured to me.

Maybe she's not wrong..

Except they visit those they despise?

I saw that episode. The paranormal investigator told her that she had created the poltergeist through her negativity. Also she had caused the poltergeist to go to her own home and frighten her.

A few possibilities...

First, a poltergeist is by fundamental definition and "angry ghost", generally one who throws or shakes objects. A ghost is the residual spiritual energy of a deceased human. Many people die mad. Ghosts gain power and strength by taking in/feeding upon spiritual energy, generally that of strong human emotions. (Similar to a psy vamp...sort of, but not in the way that they go out and "hunt" for it) Negetive vibes do not "create" poltergeists, but they do feed them.

But there could be other things at play in these situations. It could be an unknown or untrained telekenetic person in really nad need of some anger management training. Rare, but possible.

Or most likely it is that all the energy is being mentally focused in such a way that it creates an "egregore" or "thought form" (as they used to be called). It's a spiritual entity that IS created by human thoughts and spiritual/emotional energy. It's not technically a ghost, but it is a spirit. And they can get to be quite powerful, sometimes even godlike in strength. That's my thought on what was originally described.

But it could be too that someone is just so miserably stressed that they are half off their rocker too and need a vacation. *shrug* It can happen...

I do not think a persons negative energy will create a poltergeist because look at all the negative energy in the world their would be a world full of poltergeists, i think a poltorgeist has to already live in the house where the negatve energy is at and then it feeds off of whats around it...

I think that poltergeists are unhappy spirits that are attracted to the negative energy in it's dwelling.

create poltergists, I believe the negative energy would attract evil spirited poltergists. but for our negative energy to create them I would think not, for in this world there would be alot of bad spirits with all the negative energy now, be like ghost busters when all the negative energy under NY flowed with goo. lol Just kidding, No

There was something to began with there, that feed from the negative energy from the women and when it had enough to feed from it was able to focuse that energy and creat trouble.

I guess that since we're all just offering conjecture here - at least, I've not seen someone claim to be an expert on this subject - I can add my opinion.

I say it's absolutely possible. Why not? Just because someone at some time defined a poltergeist a certain way doesn't mean that is truly what it is.

Heck, you could even argue the other side of the coin by stating just because you perceive something as a poltergeist because that's the closest definition your mind has; doesn't mean it really IS a poltergeist, does it?

I still say, in my opinion, it's absolutely possible.

poltergiest feed primarily on negative or fear to make them strong but I dont think they can be created that way.

no some one can not simply create a poltergeist... it may either have been there already and due to the negative energy decided that the feast was not worth leaving...

well I feel that they are just mschievious and bored so they sre out to just cause trouble and see whom they can scare LOL! just my opinion, they live off negativity

Darkest Greetings...

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/p/poltergeist.html

This is a spirit, usually mischievous and occasionally malevolent, which manifests its presence by making noises, moving objects, and assaulting people and animals. The term "poltergeist" comes from the German poltern, "to knock," and geist, "spirit." Some cases of poltergeists that remain unexplained and may involve actual spirits. In other cases the phenomena may be produced by subconscious psychokinesis (PK) on the part of an individual.

Included in the most common types of poltergeist activities are the rains of stones, dirt, and other small objects; moving or throwing of objects, including large pieces of furniture; loud noises and shrieks; and vile smells. It seems that poltergeists have adapted to the development of technology. They are known to have caused interference in telephones and electronic equipment, and turning lights and appliances on and off. Some poltergeists are said to pinch, bite, hit, and sexually attack the living.

Generally poltergeist activity starts and stops abruptly. The duration of it may extend over several hours to several months; however, some cases have been reported to last over several years. The activity almost always occurs at night when someone is presence. Typically this is the "agent," an individual who seems to serve as a focus or magnet for the activity. In most cases the agent is a factor, both those that seem paranormal or that may be caused by human PK. The agent is usually female and under the age of twenty.

Poltergeist disturbances have occurred globally since ancient times. In the late 1970s parapsychologists Alan Gauld and A. D. Cornell did a computer analysis of those cases collected since 1800 to that time. They identified sixty-three general characteristics, which include the following: 64 percent involved the movement of small objects; 58 percent were most active at night; 48 percent featured raps; 36 percent involved movement of large objects; 24 percent lasted longer than one year; 16 percent featured communication between the poltergeist and agent; 12 percent involved the opening and shutting of doors and windows...

Lord Markus

Yes i do think a persons negative energy can feed a poltergeist, but not creating one, and i think a poltergeist may be a ghost that has feed on peoples negative energy for a long time...

It is very possible.... Poltergeists aren't just pissed of enities....lol...

Having read an earlier post which mentioned constructs, I recall a member artical by Cancer which deals with the power of thought, a good read.

I do not think that all polterguiests are pissed off either. I think they are more ghosts but that they more or less have learned how to use energy which we have not even become to understand yet.

I dont think that nit was her negative energy that pushed her son down the stairs.He must have fallen down by himself...however energy can move things.As a practitioner of martial arts i have seen my master move things by merely pointing his finger at it.It goes like this...Every body has a circle of energy.In martial arts or kalari payittu you learn to manipulate that energy into your hands and you release it as a ball of energy.....

There Have Been Such Stories To Be True But Im Not Sure About It Everyone Has Their Own Opinion Though

From everything that I have read, everything that I have seen, no, negative energy can not create one, but as it has been said so very many times before... They can feed one to make it stronger, more noticeable.

Im not sure if i believe that a persons negative energy could make a house have a poltergiest...maybe years and years and familys and familys and a lot of death..but i dont believe that it could happen with just one familys stress

If that were true I'd be surrounded by them. Though I've been working on my energy, when I was uber-negative, I never experienced anything really. So I didn't attract one or create one. Perhaps if you're more in tune with the spirit world along with being negative you could attract one to you. I can't discount any possibilities.

I find this topic really interesting, as I believe that spirits are an amalgamation of our own psyche, and therefore this womans negative atmosphere that she created in her surroundings made the environment very negative for her, and that made her and others see all the bad around them- but I do not believe that this "badness" was a poltergeist, I believe it was just her, and her alone.

as most said above me...Poltergeists feed off of energy. but I have never heard of it creating one

i had a similar question like this where I asked if a persons religious beliefs (even if meant well) could cause a negative energy and create bad auras and evil spirits. I got a plethora of interesting responses, but my forum went more on the religious tangent. However, from that thread I was able to collect enough information and opinions to really come up with my own solid opinion on negative energy and what i personally think it does.

i think it can control alot. when someone feels strongly enough about something (be it love, hate, or whatever) it affects the energy around. When that stale energy lingers i think its like opening a door. manifesting something. (either good or bad)

So when someone has a lot of hate inside, and a lot of negativity, that ball of negative floats with them everywhere. but at home, it sits and festers. and i do believe that can cause other worldly occurrences.

In my situation, there was hatred toward me coming from my girlfriends parents. when they were there they used religion and candles and incense to cure my girl of her gayness and to keep me out of the house. and well let me tell u the crazy things that happened to us in that house afterwards.

it was Nothing poltergeist like where we were harmed. but just a general feeling. horrible nightmares. and one night i woke up repeating the name Beelzebub in my head. and then on the left side of the room, i saw a giant dark figure. then on the right side, a light was shining. it was horrifying. and it was only for a quick second that i saw it. we moved out of there over a year ago and everything is amazing. there was something in that house, some energy that was bad. adn i believe with all of my heart that it was created by hate. because it was never there before then.

I hope that answers ur question... or at least helps u formulate ur conclusion. :o)

I saw that episode as well. I think if you have negative energy it can turn into a poltergist.

Polterheists cant be formed on Negative energy alone. But, as all have said, they can feed off of it.

I don't know about "creating" one but i can see it attracting one

It can be I guess stress and depression can do strange things

I believe Negativve Energy is very power and can cause a polergist activity and have some formation. It can create a power polergist activity balance

poltergeists are just spirits with more than average energy, it may not always be bad, it usually is though because negative energy is more powerful

I don't know that they could create a poltergeist..but that negative energy would definately feed one. Make them more powerful. Make them more likely to stick around in places that you normally dont see them at.

Negative energies can also be thoughts of the living.

Yes i do believe that a persons negative energy can feed a poltergeist...

I would have to say that it sounds more like some kind of Telekanisis "sp"...

Not a ghost, but then again???

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negative energy.. creates nothing...it merely consumes

I believe that all internal forces create external occurance. I also believe that external reality is only a reflection of the internal state of the individual, which would definitely support your claim as I see it.

i absolutely believe that it can. most polterguist that gave been documented have been tormenting children. they are all about the same age, puberty, stress and supressed anger or sexual build up can totally feed an entity.

Great post Rose! I believe you get what you put out.... so why not?

Energy is the source of life and everything in it and it can take on many shapes and forms and be used in countless ways... The poltergeist might have been created if the energy was that strong, or it might already have been there and simply found strength by feeding from the negative energy in the house.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist
this has some good information for you.

Poltergeist activity originates with agents

Poltergeist activity tends to occur around a single person called an agent or a focus.[1] Foci are often, but not limited to, pubescent children. Almost seventy years of research by the Rhine Research Center in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, has led to the hypothesis among parapsychologists that the "poltergeist effect" is a form of psychokinesis generated by a living human mind (that of the agent). According to researchers at the Rhine Center, the "poltergeist effect" is the outward manifestation of psychological trauma. [citation needed]

There is a great deal we do not know yet about the human body. It has been mentioned a few times before that a person's negative energy could be strong enough to manifest itself into something unknown like a poltergeist. I personally haven't witnessed anything of the sort, but with what little I know of such bodily abilities, I would said it is plausible at best.

I'm reminded of the movie 'Forbidden Planet' and the Monster from the Id.

Given a sufficient energy supply and strong enough subconcious desire, the concept of the movie is that a poltergeist-like creature would be made manifest, in this case with the aid of an alien device.

So the idea of constructs is not a new one and even made it into a movie more than fifty years ago, so I ask why in that intervening time, western psychology and science has not explored this at any great depth.

Perhaps refusal still to accept an idea that the majority would rubbish as pure fantasy, or perhaps fear, that it has a grain of truth- that the human mind could develop these abilities.

Or maybe it all is just B-rated fiction.

Poltergeists are made not just there. They do not lurk in shadowed hall and darkened staireays to feed off of us. If this were true we would see more of this happening everywhere. There is so much negative energy to feed off of we would be overrun by now. Notice how it takes forever for one to appear not seconds. And how they are linked to stories about mostly children, not us adults. Because they are the ones silenced and shunned into corners. Not even able to speak their minds, it's their way of getting our attention. This is just my opinion and you don't have share it. :)

No, I dont believe negative energy would create a Poltergeist. My boyfriend's family at one point were going through a hard time. His sister had fallen into Satanism. I then began to sence the presents of Demons in his house. And Ive learned that Demons feed off of negative energy and also cause it

The conclusion is wrong, it is called focal point energy manifestation. Negative energy directed with no place to go. Like a storm of emotion bottled up in a single place. It is often mistaken for supernatural influence. It does happen. Which is why fights start between lovers who have been stressed out for periods of time. The air gets thin. This is why a good household cleansing with sage is a useful tool.

I dont know if that can happen but above makes sence to me.

I thinkI remember watching this episode :) yes I do highly believe that a persons negative energy can produce bad things to happen. For example I will use ghostbusters 2 ( I know lame) but int he movie it explained how new yorks negative energy was able to create an evil. So there has to be some sort of truth to it somewhere in a textbook.

From what I have read and studied poltergeist live off of negative energy , they do not create it .

A poltergeist can be created, when I person and they say it is especailly common for females going through some kind of stress or hardship to conjure them.
They then become stronger as they feed of the emotions of the person who created them and wreak havoc.

I do not believe in the poltergeist are around because teenagers are going through stress stuff, i mean i have known teenagers that have went through lots of stress and they have never had poltergeist activity happen to them...

I have always heard that the way someone dies can leave a negative impact in the place they once lived at, which could bring forth a poltergeist apparition to surface mainly from the contradictions to energy being passed around
negative energy trying to keep control of its home

and the new people moving in with such glee

I do not believe that negative energy can create a poltergeist. Negative energy most certainly can be used by a poltergeist. If it's there, and they aren't "nice" they will definitely use the negativity.

negative energy would definately feed one. Make them more powerful and it does not create them they are already a force needing the energy to make them stronger even fear is a good feeding for them.

Poltergeist activity tends to start when an inhabitant of the house begins puberty. The conflicting emotions this causes is thought to somehow provoke the polter. Although some do say that there is no such thing as a polter, and all the moving objects etc are caused by latent telekinetic powers coming out in puberty.

Poltergeist feed off of negative energy , they do not create it .

poltergeist feed off of negative energy

Poltergeists feed off negative energy that is around them. So there had to be some sort of negative energy to begin with.

I believe that a humans negative energy could attract a malicious spirit into their home and that said spirit can cause problems to them and their house due to it's mean nature feeding off of the persons negative energy

Poltergeist is a German word that translates to "noisy spirit". They are mischievous and intrustive residents of the ghost world. Although poltergeist are ghost not all ghost are poltergeist. Poltergeist are disturbed, resentful and territorial of a space they still believe is theirs. They feel the need to be noisy and ornery to drive inturders away or scare them for the sheer sport of it.